ARTISTS and craftspeople are putting the final touches to their work in preparation for the popular Wylye Valley Art Trail.
The event starts on Saturday and runs until June 2, with more than 280 artists showing their work in 86 venues, including Hindon, Mere, Tisbury, Warminster and villages in between.
A range of visual arts are involved, including painting, sculpture, print-making, furniture, jewellery, installation, digital art, ceramics, photography, glass and textiles.
In Mere, there are 16 artists showing work across three venues and Waltons of Mere have opened a gallery featuring talent from across the UK.
Artist Richard Howell will be showing his sculpture at the Cheesehouse Studio in Mere, which appeared on BBC art series Show Me The Monet.
As a result of his success on the show he was invited to exhibit at The Mall Galleries in London.
He will be showing his work alongside Hillary Turnbull, potter Ed Duckworth, and emerging Mere-based painters Laura Rich and Tamsin Guy.
It will be Rich’s third art trail and this year she has helped to coordinate the event along with founder Nick Andrew.
She said: “I’ve met so many talented and supportive artists since my first trail in 2009.
“Nick Andrew has been an inspiration, and has encouraged me both in my painting and my involvement with the trail.”
Mother and daughter Gillian O’Bryen and Lucy Gray will be displaying their abstract prints and colourful quilts at the Admiral’s House in Compton Chamberlayne as part of the trail.
The prints include abstracts from buildings seen and noted on O’Bryen’s travels and the quilts are designed to fit with clients’ lives.
Visitors will have the opportunity to discover the plates and tools that make the prints and see the stages involved in designing and making a quilt.
There will be the opportunity to have a quilt made in any design, size and shape and to learn how to get children to design their own quilts
